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| Affiliation | American Independent |
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| Name | John R. Rarick |
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St. Francisville, Louisiana , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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January 29, 1924
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| Died | September 14, 2009
(85 years)
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| Contributor | Picimpalious |
| Last Modifed | PA Historian
Jul 30, 2019 06:34pm |
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Very Conservative - Anti-Affirmative Action - The John Birch Society -
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| Info | born in Waterford, Elkhart County, Ind., January 29, 1924; attended Goshen High School, Goshen, Ind., Ball State Teacher?s College, Muncie, Ind., and Louisiana State University; served in the United States Army for three years in the Second World War during which time he was captured and later escaped from a German prison camp; awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart; graduated from Tulane University School of Law in 1949; admitted to practice law in Louisiana in 1949; elected district judge of the Twentieth Judicial District, June 28, 1961; resigned judgeship May 15, 1966, to declare his candidacy for Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Ninetieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1975); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law; unsuccessful candidate for the American Independent Party presidential nomination in 1976; unsuccessful Independent candidate for election in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; American Independent Party nominee for United States president in 1980; is a resident of St. Francisville, La.
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